CheshireRover

Realise I could get hammered for this... Bony is still without a club training at Newport, Le Havre were linked with him last I saw but were struggling to meet his wages. Cant be that demanding in his position surely? Would be worth a punt IMO...

I cannot believe what I’m reading regarding comments on a young man’s mental health, so I won’t even get into that apart from to say some people need a reality check as to how fragile mental health can be and I hope for their own sake it doesn’t come from personal experience. On the footballing aspect of things, I had no idea why we were buying him or why we were paying what was touted, however to me it seemed as though there must have been good reason. That’s clearly gone to shit. The blame for me sits entirely with Mowbray. He picks (or doesn’t) him to play & where to play. Playing him out of position in a style of play that clearly doesn’t suit him (or 80% of our squad) has battered his confidence - that much is visible. There’s still been the odd spurt of potential even in these festive games where BB (and again, the 80%) has been frankly shite, so I don’t think he’s fully destroyed yet, however I don’t think he will want to stay any longer, which I don’t blame him for. Best bet (Imo) is a loan elsewhere with the possibility of a sale, but the option for us to veto that if he does get his confidence back (or we get a manager who won’t mismanage everyone).

There’s no chance he walks, in my eyes. There’s no way he’s sacked either. This is going to be a LONG season.

That line is the straw that broke the camel’s back, as if the awful form wasn’t enough. His time is up with the majority of the fan base now, surely. Mowbray out.

You can apply for a 2 hour extension using said deal sheets, iirc.

Does seem he’s off if Myers is picking it up too. Usually sound for his stories...

I’m going to assume (and hope) this has been deleted because it was a pre-planned Tweet, and they’re going to announce it with Cunningham wearing it instead now. **EDIT** FWIW; smart as fuck that.

And will get him likely

It’s Dybala. Fancies himself as a converted RWB.

Probably true - but doesn’t make sense with the “conversations with managers” line. He’s a free agent!

Any news on a LB?

I haven’t seen any rumours about this except the first part, just a hunch I have. Celtic are apparently fighting off bids from high up Italian clubs (Inter being one name) for Jozo Simunovic. I can see them coming in for Lenihan (did I read they were allegedly in for him last Summer?) if JS says he wants out. Fits a lot of the requirements to play there, notably being a young(ish) Irish lad with potential to increase value significantly. Worrying indeed if that does happen as we simply cannot say no to a bid of anything over £8m for him, and seemingly we are bereft of ideas when it comes to signing defensive players. However, as mentioned above, the market for defenders has now rocketed, meaning there is actually some profit potential there - hopefully this will stop Venky’s (if it really is their attitude) vetoing any defender bids we want to make based on future profitability. That said, they did allow the signings of Downing & Johnson (who I rate) without a chance of turning a profit on either of them. **EDIT** I have just seen that Leicester might be in for Ajer also, so another CB that Celtic may lose.

Beat me to it!

Laughable. “It’s a bit simplistic to say ‘same back four, same results’” He doesn’t see what everyone else does, is he unwell?

One part has happened...

I’ve only properly seen Bucko at Rangers when he came on. I’d seen all the comments about him on here so I was watching out for him, and I was very impressed. I can’t say he made me as excited as an in-form Rochina (for me, the most exciting player we’ve had whilst I’ve been old enough to understand football properly), however I could definitely see him reaching well above Ruben’s levels. I’m glad he’s staying, and I look forward to being furious he’s not a regular starter come February (barring injuries)

You’re right, obviously, but that sits so wrong with me. At this stage of a transfer window, with the attacking line we possess, even the middle of the park, we shouldn’t be settling for not supporting two clubs who have 35 minutes at the time of writing to practically avoid ceasing to exist. The lack of defensive reinforcements, be it loans or permanents, is frankly embarrassing given our GA column last season. Here’s hoping something changes by Friday!

Better than Fisher & The Canadian sharing the gloves!

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m just harbouring some hope that I’ll see the starting XI tomorrow and the GK will be announced when they announce the team. Fat chance!

I certainly don’t think they care a jot, not now. Its just basic things that get done so badly, Christ.

I certainly don’t think they care a jot, not now. Its just basic things that get done so badly, Christ.

That’s abhorrent. I almost feel disrespected by Umbro. Not one for the whole “do they know who we are?” act, but they have clearly just pissed around to create that monsterous bag of shit. I cannot believe Rovers have approved it.

Sure this article was the one that made Sterling finally snap at the media. Rightly so, too.

Sneaky bid for Tierney? ?

I’ve thought this since his signing. He said a lot about Chapman being immature (for want of a better word) with regards defensive duties in his first spell, so I would imagine he believes Downing’s age and experience has given him some defensive ability. Not entirely sure if that will work, the idea that as a player gets older they somehow learn to defend, but we wait and see.